Fourth District was divided into several zones. The outer zone was the warped, absurd cityscape one entered upon first arriving in this space, looking like an abandoned city from some cheaply made horror movie. Looking out from the outer zone, one could see a vast expanse of enormous black buildings, like mountains in the shadows from afar. That was Fourth District's most important facility: the prison zone. However, the prison zone could not be reached directly from the outer zone. The two areas were separated by a warped mathematical barrier. Without spatial teleportation, one could never reach those clusters of black buildings in a lifetime: the distance between them was infinite, while one's displacement was reduced to zero. That was why reception staff were needed to enter the prison zone from the outer zone: they were responsible for opening spatial gates.
Within the prison zone, ninety percent of the area was lawless territory. Prisoners were piled into cages at will, and aside from identification and tracking to ensure they could be located at any time, they received no management whatsoever. Nothing was forbidden here. Prisoner brawls were not forbidden, mutual slaughter was not forbidden, forming gangs was not forbidden, and even prison breaks were not forbidden, because no one could escape, and no one could truly be killed. Every prisoner was controlled by a continuous resurrection effect. They would never die until they had paid for the crimes they committed before coming here—an assessment of guilt determined by the Empire Supreme Court. Only that court could decide who was sent to Fourth District, and only the Emperor could submit a motion to revoke its rulings. Fourth District had very few supervisory personnel, and they basically only handled minor duties in the outer zone. Those who directly dealt with the prisoners